2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.310 Labeling of building materials containing asbestos.
70.310.020 Definitions.

RCW 70.310.020 Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Asbestos" includes the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), tremolite, chrysotile (serpentine), crocidolite (riebeckite), anthophyllite, and any of these minerals that have been chemically treated or altered. The chemical abstracts service registry number for each is as follows: Asbestos (1332-21-4), actinolite (13768-00-8), amosite (12172-73-5), tremolite (14567-73-8), chrysotile (12001-29-5), crocidolite (12001-28-4), and anthophyllite (17068-78-9).

     (2) "Asbestos-containing building material" means any building material to which asbestos is deliberately added in any concentration or that contains more than one percent asbestos by weight or area as determined using the United States environmental protection agency method for the determination of asbestos in building materials, EPA/600/R-93/116, July 1993.

     (3) "Building material" includes materials designed for, or used in, construction, renovation, repair, or maintenance of institutional, commercial, public, industrial, or residential buildings and structures. The term does not include automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, or other mobile means of transportation.

     (4) "Consumer" means any person that acquires a building material for direct use or ownership, rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing.

     (5) "Department" means the department of ecology.

     (6) "Person" means any individual, firm, public or private corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision, municipality, or government agency.

     (7) "Retailer" means any person that sells goods or commodities directly to consumers.

[2013 c 51 § 2.]